Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Paul's (hospital) Chapel, Perth
Grid reference
NO 114 236 (assumed location)
Six-figure easting & northing
311400 723600
Latitude
56.39643562163138
Longitude
-3.4355291435931754
Altitude (metres)
10
County
Perthshire
Nearby places
St Catherine's Chapel & Hospital, Perth (0.14 miles)
Loretto Chapel, Perth (0.14 miles)
Our Lady of Loretto Chapel, Perth (0.14 miles)
St Catherine's Retail Park, Perth (0.26 miles)
St Laurence Chapel, Perth (0.28 miles)
Object Classification
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
Founded by John Spens in 1434, at a locality known in modern times as St Paul's Close. See NMRS for fuller details.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Perth-St John's, parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Capella Sancti Pauli
Head name
Capella Sancti Pauli
Place
St Paul's (hospital) Chapel, Perth
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Obsolete
Is this a current OS form? ?
No
Is this the original referent of the place?
Yes
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Capellam Sancti Pauli 1456, Arb. Lib.
Historic formCapellam Sancti Pauli Head nameCapella Sancti Pauli PlaceSt Paul's (hospital) Chapel, Perth Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceArb. Lib., ii no. 107 Date of citation1456 x 1456 |
Source code
Arb. Lib.
Source title
Liber S. Thome de Aberbrothoc
Series
Bannatyne Club
Volume
1 & 2
Year
1848-56
Capelle Sancti Pauli 1485, RMS
Historic formCapelle Sancti Pauli Head nameCapella Sancti Pauli PlaceSt Paul's (hospital) Chapel, Perth Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRMS, ii no. 1771 Date of citation1485 x 1488 Feature named in sourcechapel Notes on the context of this place-nameReprinted 1984 |
Source code
RMS
Source title
Registrum Magni Sigilli (Register of the Great Seal)
Editors
J.M.Thomson et al.
Volume
1-11
Year
1882-1914
Notes
Reprinted 1984
Saints in this place-name
Paul (ns) (certain)
Paul, apostle (certain)
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